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SPRING 1964

TAYLOR UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

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Black And White And Grey

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ence to color here, however, is not racial.

During breakfast recently I touched a box
of cereal and it toppled over, like a domino
on end. The reason was obvious— the shape
of the box— tall and thin, so thin it could barely
stand on its "own feet." Why this design? . . .
because a tall, thin box looks BIGGER than a
shorter, wider box. This COULDN'T be dis-
honesty, of course, just scientific use of the laws
of vision.

This reminded me of a Senate committee
probe into the point-of-purchase gimmicks
used in packaging grocery store products.
Among the tricks were false bottoms in con-
tainers; the use of lids and covers on containers
much larger than needed, but which added to
the illusion of size; and false labeling. Cited
was a package of macaroni on which was
printed a recipe calling for a pound of maca-
roni, which led the consumer to conclude that
the package contained at least this amount.
Elsewhere on the box, in small print, however,
the weight was revealed to be 14 ounces. Also
under question was the use of names for
sizes. What is meant by giant size, economy
size, large size, family size? Can we believe our
scientifically exploited senses anymore?

The tobacco industry (together with "Madi-
son Avenue") reached what may be an all-time
absurdity in a recent mass-media ad. "No
medical evidence or scientific endorsement has
proved any other cigarette to be SUPERIOR
to Kent" (Capitals ours). Is a headache
SUPERIOR to a stomach ache? Dishonest adver-
tising? Well, no, neither false nor true, black
nor white, just grey all over.

The political campaigns are shaping up to

be extremely vocal. We can expect charges,
counter-charges and under-the-counter negotia-
tions. Once again we may ask the perennial
question, "Who and what can we believe?"

But let's turn onto a more scenic route.

A public school administrator visited the
campus and offered a teaching position to a
senior student.

"But I have already signed a contract with
another school," she replied.

"Would you mind telling me what they have
offered you?

She told him.

"I can offer you $ more as a starter."

"But you don't understand, sir, I've signed my
contract."

That a student's word could be inviolable
seemed to shock the educator, and indicated
that an encounter with someone who believed
that black is black and white is white was for
him quite an exception.

Wilbert Lightle, a local school teacher, lives
by Taylor's "Fairlane Village." For four years
he has operated a snack store, catering to
students, who stream in and out from 4-10 p.m.
daily. "Nowhere else could I run my store the
way I can here," Lightle testifies. At times he
leaves the store in custody of his young daugh-
ter, so confident is he of the honesty of Taylor
students. "In four years there have been only
four attempts of stealing of any kind— that's
quite a record."

Of all that God has a right to expect of us,

one of the greatest demands is honesty

honesty in forming judgments, in our personal
and family lives, in business dealings, IN
PRESENTING facts. (In this realm the prover-

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bial evangelist makes a convenient example:
"What a great crowd we have tonight— here
come two more people pouring in!")

Honesty also applies to institutions. Taylor is
what she is— no more, no less. I have a near-
obsession in wanting to present an honest
picture of Taylor and what she is accomplishing
—through faculty, campus life, alumni and
students. We don't loosely use words like
"unique" and "excellent," although there are,
of course, various areas in which these may
apply.

Evaluations of Taylor's program are
arrived at on the basis of professional com-
parisons with other colleges and universities,
and in terms of Taylor's aims. We must present
these judgments fairly and not fall prey to the
easy use of lofty words in meaningless arm-
chair fashion. It is immature at best and dis-
honest at worst to use "pretend" statements
which say everything and yet nothing.

The college administration has just finished
the arduous task of tuning up its statements of
philosophy and purpose and has made
plans for implementing them, in preparation
for the move to Fort Wayne. This work was es-
sential in order to communicate to a new
community precisely what kind of institution
Taylor is.

We know you believe in Taylor. And we
want our publications also to deserve your
thoughtful trust and appreciation, rather than
being regarded as some kind of "propaganda."

Black and white must never turn to grey,
either in campus life or in the college publi-
cations.

The Editor

TAYLOR UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

Will Cleveland "49 Editor

Mrs. Alice Shippy Class News Editor

SPRING, 1964 VOL. 1, NO. 3

IN THIS ISSUE

"Pilgrimage to a Mountain Clearing" 4

Admissions 8

The "Soul of the Age" 10

Land of the Vikings 11

Log Cabin Legacy 14

Strangers in Their Homeland 16

Short Circuit 19

Global Taylor 20

News of the Classes 22

Mission at Miracle Hill 24

Member American Alumni Council, American College Public
Relations Association and Evangelical Press Association

About the Cover

This generation of collegians
has turned up a legion of folk-
singers. (Explanations for this
phenomenon we will leave with
the sociologists.) Each Saturday
night eleven million watch and
listen to a stream of these per-
formers as they strum and wail
their wares on television.

As with almost everything
else there are exceptions in
this area. A notable one is Tay-
lor's gifted Norsemen Trio. The
cover photo captures them in

action before a large audience
in the studios of WANE-TV
during the video-taping of a
folk music program presented
by Taylor musicians recently.

Left to right are Scandinavi-
ans Don Knudsen, senior; Harry
Haakonsen, '62; Ed Terdal, '62.

These enterprizing youth
traveled to Scandinavia last
summer to present their Chris-
tian witness in song. The story
of their adventures begins on
page 9.

"Pilgrimage

To a
Mountain
Clearing

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Bob and Norma (Walker x'59) Cotner,
'58 have traveled many thousands of miles
visiting and photographing people and
places of literary, cultural, and historical
significance to bring pictures and exper-
iences back to the classroom to students who
would never, otherwise, be able to travel —
even vicariously. In June, 1962, the Cotners
traveled to Vermont to visit the late
Robert Frost. In an hour-and-fifteen-min-
ute conversation with the eminent poet
they talked of history, politics, poetry, and
education. On the following pages is a photo
essay of their trip.

We headed east on state route 125 out
of Ripton, Vermont. The road snaked
through the greenery of the mountains and
paralleled a stony-bottomed stream. The
time was early June, and the brook-sounds
rivaled the tire-rumble on the tarvy.

.1 mail box marks the lane
thai leads to Mr. Frost's farm,
named "Homer Noble Farm."
The somewhat curious name is
explained by Frost in a note
written to Louis Vntcrmeyer in
August. W'll: "...I have de-
cided to move my Capitol of the
World to the Noble Homeric
Farm ..." Here he was close
to his Breadloaf Writer's Con-
ference and had a quiet sur-
rounding in which to work
during the summer months.

Turning left at the mini
box, we drove down an un-
paved, overgrown path a half-
mile long to a clearing and a
white frame house on the
slope of a hill. Here Theodore
Morrison, a Harvard profes-
sor, anil Mrs. Morrison, Mr.
Frost's secretary, stayed dur-
ing the summer months.
Frost's cabin is 50 yards be-
hind the house up the hillside.

We had to go through gaps
in two stone fences to get to the
cedar-slab cabin. This fence, the
first through which we passed,
is to the right of the frame
house. Following the path,
which parallels another stone
fence and a line of white-bark
birch trees, and bearing left
through a thicket and a gap in
the fence, we came to the cabin.

Though keen of mind, Frost looked his
<S<S* years. He had grown to represent his
name: his hair was pure and light and
disheveled. Immediately before his picture
was taken, he combed the frosty white-
ness with his fingers and rearranged the
disarray rather neatly. "Just don't take
my picture in front of a stone wcdl or
birch tree," he wryly warned. This photo-
graph, taken (d the corner of the cabin, is
one of the last pictures made of the poet
at his Ripton home before his death seven
months later. It catches Mr. Frost in a
pose characteristic of the late President
Kennedy's description of him as "...one
of the granite figures of our time in
America."

A prized memento is this photo of the author-
photographer with Mr. Frost. Bob is completing
his first year on the Taylor faculty after five years
of public school teaching. His M.A. degree is
from Ball State Teachers College.

CHANGE IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT
CONSTANTS. To refuse to change is to paralyze
growth and development. To change for the sake of
change is to invite chaos. To make changes when new
problems and new issues require them is the part
of wisdom. The Taylor University admissions policy
hopefully reflects the truth of that last statement. In
order that you, the alumni, might be up-dated on ad-
mission standards and procedures this article is pre-
sented.

What academic qualities does Taylor seek in an
applicant for admission? He must be a graduate from
a state and/or regionally accredited high school; he
must rank in the upper half of his graduating class;
and he must present satisfactory scores on the Schol-
astic Aptitude Test (S.A.T.) of the College Entrance
Examination Board. These three norms are easier to
state than to explain— but I shall try.

The admission decision actually is made before
the applicant graduates from high school, but it is
given on the condition that a satisfactory supplemen-
tary transcript is provided immediately after comple-
tion of high school studies and that it certifies to
graduation. No admission decision is made, however,
without a transcript covering six semesters of high
school studies. In other words, a student who has not
completed the junior year of high school is not eligible
to apply for admission to Taylor University.

CLASS RANK-A PREDICTOR

Class rank is not the only significant information
provided by the high school transcript. Grades in
English, foreign language, mathmatics, science and
social studies are closely scrutinized, for they more
adequately predict what the students will do in col-
lege than grades in band, home economics, shop, and
other similar skills courses. If the admissions officer
were forced to determine the academic capability of
a student on one factor only, he would necessarily
use the rank in class since it is the best of all "single"
predictors of probable success in college. Fortunately,
single-factor selection is not necessary.

Scholastic Aptitude scores do not by themselves
admit an applicant or deny him admission. In spite of
all the criticisms directed toward the use of standard-

ized tests, they are valuable aids in the admissions
program. The scores from the S.A.T. are used to help
interpret the high school transcript. They become one
additional bit of evidence in assessing an applicant's
potential for academic success in college. At times
they tip the scales in favor of giving an applicant a
chance for admission that otherwise he would not
have.

SOME DEVIATION

Dees Taylor ever deviate from the stated norms
required of a candidate for admission? The answer is
"yes, with small number," but each case is decided
on its own merits. The admission credentials presented
by the applicant must contain specific evidence that
would justify deviation. In the final analysis, Taylor
University always seeks an answer to the question,
"Can this applicant succeed in the Taylor academic
program?" If the answer is "no," then it is only fair
to the student and to Taylor to deny him admission.
Nothing harms a student more than to place him in
an academic environment where the chances for
failure are greater than for success.

When parents, friends and students plead with
the admissions officer to give the border-line appli-

by Dr. E. Sterl Phinney

Registrar and Director of Admissions

cant an opportunity to secure a college education,
the responsibility of deciding whether acceptance will
be admission to opportunity or admission to failure
is heavy indeed. No trustworthy admissions officer or
committee carries this burden of decision lightly.

What kind of persons does Taylor seek for her
student body? Those who wish to study in a whole-
some Christian atmosphere and who are academical-
ly capable of competing at the Taylor level. Taylor
wants her share of able students (thirty-seven per
cent of this year's freshman class were in the upper
twenty per cent of their high school graduating
classes), but since the good average college student
is equally important to society and Church, he is also
desired. Not all world leaders have been straight A
students.

Besides being academically qualified, the Taylor
student must also be capable of profiting from the
unique Christian atmosphere. A student who is in-
ternally at "war" with Christianity should not seek
admission to Taylor University. Such a person could
become too great a disruptive influence to be retained
in the student body. No student is required to agree
with all Christian teachings presented to him by fac-
ulty, administration and student body, but he is ex-
pected to abide by campus regulations. These tradi-
tionally include chapel attendance and the non-use
of alcoholic beverages and tobacco.

Occasionally the writer is asked if all Taylor stu-
dents are thoroughly "born-again" Christians, living
exemplary lives. He answers, "Are all the members
of your church committed, thorough, consecrated
Christians?" The answer of course is "no." It is then
explained that Taylor students reflect the varying
levels of spirituality of the churches and homes from
which they come.

EXPECTING THE IMPOSSIBLE

Too often Taylor University is expected to do for
young people what their own homes and churches
have been unable to accomplish. What she does pro-
vide is an opportunity to secure a quality education
in a Christian atmosphere. In the final analysis, what
the experience does for the student both educational-
ly and religiously depends on how he responds to
the stimulus of classroom and worship.

What possible decisions can an applicant for
admission receive? First, he may receive "Admission
with Honors." This decision is reserved for those who
rank no lower than the upper ten per cent of their
class and whose grades and test scores are at a high
level. To receive an admission of this kind is an honor
and a reward (without stipend) for high academic
achievement. Second, and the most common, is "Reg-
ular Admission," given to those who meet the stand-
ard admission requirements. This includes good stu-
dents who may fall just short of the admission-with-
honors requirement. Third, "Admission with Warning"
is granted to a limited number of border-line students
whose credentials give evidence they are able to suc-
ceed at Taylor, but in order to do so must put forth
maximum effort and use disciplined study habits from
the beginning. This admission carries no academic
or extra-curricular limitations.

ADMISSION ON PROBATION

Fourth, "Admission on Academic Probation" is
offered to a very few whose credentials convince the
admissions committee that they should be given a
chance. These persons are ineligible for intercollegiate
sports or any other extra-curricular activity that re-
quires performance off campus. Other limitations are
also placed on the student's activities, not as a pun-
ishment, but as an external aid to help him put
studies first. A student can work himself off probation
in one semester by earning the grade point average
required by the Taylor catalog. Fifth, the decision
may be "Rejection" or denial of admission.

Obviously an article for this magazine cannot
insert all the qualifications or predictions that surround
admissions, norms and procedures. A rapid increase
in the number of applications forces the admissions
office to take a hard look at its policies and method-
ology. For example, on April 1, 1964, Taylor Univer-
sity had received thirty-three per cent more applica-
tions than she had by the same date in 1963. What
does this mean? It is too early to declare a meaning,
but it is forcing the admissions office to proceed with
caution and with a greater sense of responsibility to
those wonderful young people who want to become
a part of the Taylor student body.

ADMISSIONS

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"Soul of the Age"

In commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the birth of Wil-
liam Shakespeare, the famous 16th century play Romeo and Juliet
was presented on April 28-May 1.

As part of the anniversary celebration, a ceremony took place
in front of Shreiner Auditorium on the morning preceding the open-
ing of the production. At that time (as before each performance)
the trumpets sounded and the drums rolled, a custom of the Shake-
spearean era: and a banner was raised over Shreiner, as was the cus-
tom of the Globe Theatre, to mark the beginning of a Shakespearean
play.

An inspiring part of the ceremony was this address presented by
Herbert G. Lee, Associate Professor of English, paying tribute to
"the most famous Englishman in the history of the world," William
Shakespeare.

Four hundred years ago this spring, in
the little town of Stratford-upon-Avon,
William Shakespeare was born — William
Shakespeare, who was destined to be-
come the most famous Englishman in
the history of the world. It is altogether
fitting and proper that we — college stu-
dents and faculty — should pause to pay
homage to this man; for few, if any,
have contributed more than he to our
way of life.

Being a true child of the Renaissance,
he appeals to us through many different
facets of our nature. He entertains us
royally, introducing to us, for example,
such delightfully witty and lovely girls
as Rosalind and Viola and Portia, and
such rustics as Bottom and Dogberry,
and of course the greatest comic figure
of them all: the incredibly clever and
humorous fat knight, Sir John Falstaff.

On the other hand, he touches the
hearts of men and women of all ages
with his tender, lovely, awe-inspiring
story of Romeo and Juliet.

And you who feel impelled to struggle
with the great philosophical and reli-
gious questions involving man and his
destiny can hardly do better than to
study such plays as Hamlet and Macbeth
and King Lear, for it is in these trage-
dies (hat Shakespeare has convinced
many of our greatest minds that he is in-
deed the wisest of playwrights. In this
age of uncertain standards and wavering
values, he helps us to know beyond a
doubt that some things are truly good
and others unmistakably evil. Those of
you who feel that wisdom is on the side
of virtue will find a powerful ally in

William Shakespeare.

But this indicates only a part of his
greatness. If you want to understand the
human heart — if you want really to
know people, including yourself — read
Shakespeare. If you want to deepen your
sympathy and compassion, and at the
same time to reduce your loneliness by
becoming aware of the strong ties that
you have with all of mankind — the good
and the bad, the exalted and the lowly —
look into his plays. If you want to be
impressed by the richness of life and
the infinity of the human soul, get ac-
quainted with his characters. If you
have a place in your heart for friends
and gocd fellowship and the sheer joy of
being alive — if you are young enough in
spirit to walk in the magic of the Forest
of Arden, or through the green grass
and the bright spring flowers of the
English countryside, where lovers meet
and the fairies dance by moonlight — if
ycu can be touched by beauty and love
and gentleness and tenderness — and
laughter — all of these you will find in
his poetry.

And his voice is as pertinent to twen-
tieth-century America as it was to Eliza-
bethan England. His friend and fellow-
poet Ben Jonson referred to him as the
"soul of the age," pointing out, however,
(hat in reality he was "not of an age,
but for all time."

Perhaps we could not do better than
to apply these words of Hamlet to
Shakespeare himself:

He was a man, take him for all in all.

I shall not look upon his like again.

— Herbert G. Lee

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Just before leaving the young people's camp in Norioay, the
trio — Ed, Don and Harry — sang "God Be With You 'Til We Meet
Again," as appreciative young well-wishers bade them good-bye.

Going across the mountains of Norway from Oslo to Bergen,
the boys came upon these mountain goats — like the ones which
blocked traffic on the one-lane roads called super-highways.

The Norsemen Trio - Two Alumni and a Senior - Sing Their Way Through

The Land of the Vikings

I he June day dawned brightly
as three young men prepared to
board the Black Hawk, a freighter
bound for Europe. This was sup-
posed to mark the beginning of a
trip we "Norsemen" had wildly
started dreaming of a year earlier.
At first we knew the whole scheme
was incredible. But with determina-
tion we began transforming the
dream into reality. Money was
saved; rehearsals took on new
meaning; equipment was slowly
accumulated; three jobs ("work-
aways") were secured— we thought
—on a Norwegian freighter; pass-
ports were obtained; and period-
ically we were punctured (vacci-
nated). And of course we prayed.

On the afternoon of June 7, Ed
Terdal returned from a visit with
the captain of the Black Hawk. We
hoped he would report the board-
ing and sailing time; but to the con-
trary, he told us the captain had
hired three Norwegian sailors to
take our jobs— we had literally

"missed the boat." For two weeks
we walked up and down the wa-
terfront looking for a ship on
which to work our way to Europe.
To our dismay there were no jobs
available, and the feasibility of
obtaining such work seemed nil.

During our group devotions on
Saturday, June 22, we centered
our thinking in some excerpts from
the book We Would See Jesus. In
the course of our discussion we
realized that we had done the
planning, we had raised the mon-
ey, and we had told God that we
were going to do young peoples
work in Norway; but only then
had we asked God to use us! Real-
izing the fallacies in our approach
we seriously asked God to use us
in whatever way He would. If He
wanted us in Europe, we would
trust Him for guidance. If, on the
other hand, He wanted us to re-
main in the states, we would ask
for understanding and strength to
do His bidding.

Proverbs 3:5 & 6 became pun-
gent with meaning. "Trust in the

Lord with all thine heart; and lean
not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him,
and He shall direct thy paths."
After devotions we went back to
work with a new feeling of pur-
pose. Within three hours we
learned of vacancies on a plane
which was chartered by Send the
Light, Inc. for a group of college
students going to Europe for a
summer crusade, and soon we
were listed as passengers.

The flight from New York to
Paris was highlighted by a stop-
over in Shannon, Ireland. During
the half-hour there, one of the stu-
dents started playing choruses on
the piano in the lobby of the air-
port. As the students gathered
around and sang, the noise and
bustle of the airport subsided. A
crowd gathered around, and some
cf us handed out tracts. This was
our first opportunity to "witness"
tcr Christ in Europe.

When we reached Paris, we said
good-by to the "Send the Light"
group and ventured on our own

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Ed and Harry sit on the anchor wings
of the bow of the Black Falcon, the ship
on ivhich they ivorked their way home.

Ed's uncle is shown using farming meth-
ods common in the picturesque mountain
regions which lack modern machinery.

The boys earned part of their passage
scraping off paint in the ship's hold. The
heavy dust made masks necessary.

crusade. Ed took a train to Wolfs-
burg, Germany, where he picked
up his new Volkswagen, and we
(Don and Harry) hitch-hiked to
Hanover, Germany, where we
met Ed enroute. Packing three men,
a guitar, a uke, a banjo, three
sleeping bags, photographic equip-
ment, clothes and necessary gear
for a whole summer in one small
Volkswagen was a challenge in
itself!

A GOOD "GOOD EVENING"

A one-week stay with Don's un-
cle in Copenhagen provided an
exciting interlude in the long trip
from Germany to Norway. When
we arrived in Oslo, we attempted
to contact three individuals who
were to help set up our itinerary.
This sounded simple, but we
learned that one was on an ex-
tended trip to America, another
was on vacation, and the third
could not be reached. We drove
out of Oslo, pitched camp by a
picturesque mountain lake and
prayed.

The following morning we broke
camp, drove back to the city and
resumed our efforts to contact our
only hope— Rev. Birger Hammers-
mark of the Ostre Free Church. At
9 a.m. ... no answer, 2 p.m. . . .
no answer, 7 p.m. . . . still no an-
swer. At nine o'clock that evening
we decided to retreat to our camp-
site, but before leaving we re-
solved to call one more time. The
phone rang . . . there was a click
... a voice said, "Good evening,
the Hammersmark home." We

quickly introduced ourselves. Rev.
Hammersmark remarked that he
had been expecting us and asked
us to come right over for coffee!
As we talked to him later about
our desire to serve the Lord by
singing, his face broke into a
smile, and he asked about the
flexibility and length of our visit
in Norway. From that moment on
we were involved in an organized
program that included twenty-
seven services in a five-week
period and covered a route of
3500 miles.

ON TRANSWORLD RADIO

It was decided that our tour
should start in the capital; so on
our third day in Norway we sang
in the Ostre Free Church of Oslo.
Although we were complete stran-
gers the people opened their
hearts and homes to us.

Oslo is a large city with many
landmarks. During our week there,
we visited Holmenkoln, the fa-
mous Norwegian ski jump; Bygda,
a large museum focusing attention
upon the cultural evolution of Nor-
way; Frogner Park, where one
finds statues depicting the strug-
gles and conflicts of man from
birth to death; and finally we visit-
ed Kon Tiki.

Our main purpose of course
was to sing, and sing we did! Each
evening that week we were privi-
leged to give a sacred concert in
a church. After the services we
sang at informal gatherings in the
homes of church members.

One evening we were discussing
the opportunities of reaching peo-
ple through the medium of Chris-
tian Radio. Since Harry's cousin,
Joan Haaland '61, is working with
Transworld Radio, we asked if
anyone was familiar with the
Transworld program. Once again
doors started to open! Two days
later we were invited to record
songs in Norwegian and English
for Norea Radio, Oslo. The tapes
that we made that day ■were sent
to Monaco. From there the music
was to be broadcast throughout
all of Northern Europe through the
auspices of Transworld Radio. We
were thankful for the opportunity
to sing God's praises to thousands
of people, both in free and com-
munist Europe.

All too quickly we found our-
selves in the last service in Oslo.
As we sang at Adolf Nilsen's Plads,
near Oslo, we were very much
aware of the challenge and privi-
lege we had to tell others of our
Savior, Jesus Christ. Following the
service we said good-by to our
many new friends and prepared
to move on.

Traveling by car in Norway is
usually slow, but never dull. As
we drove along the first-class dirt
highways we found that other
creatures were traveling through
the same mountainous area— peri-
odically herds of goats would ap-
pear on the highways, and if they
so desired they would take up the
whole road. After a careful exam-

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Following his first meal in two days,
Don ivaits in the rain by the Autobahn,
hoping for a ride to Hanover, Germany.

ination of the problem we decided
to take a middle-of-the-road ap-
proach and after a while were
able to move along in spite of the
goats.

SINGING FOR COFFEE

Our travels eventually brought
us to the fishing town of Arendal.
There we joined almost two hun-
dred young people on a "tour" to
one of the islands off the coast,
including a boat ride to the island,
a swim in the ice cold ocean, a
game of soccer, a picnic supper
and a service on a hillside over-
looking the sea. As the speaker
urged us to examine our lives and
strive to live victoriously for Christ
we became keenly aware that the
God of America is also the God of
Norway and the God of the whole
world.

After we left Arendal we visited
a few of our relatives and then
set out for a one-week young
peoples camp in the mountains of
central Norway. One evening rain
caused us to seek refuge in the
hayloft of a barn. The farmer very
generously tucked us in and even
brought us coffee and a late sup-
per. The following morning before
we had our sleeping bags rolled
up the farmer appeared with an-
other pot of steaming coffee. This
was more than we had antici-
pated, and we asked if there was
anything we could do for him in
return. His only request was that
we sing a few songs— in fact, he
had invited some of the neighbors

A sad symbol: while in Belgium the trio
saw this huge abandoned church building
which now houses a technical school.

to our little impromptu concert! Af-
ter singing and thanking the peo-
ple for their kindness, we started
on our way once again.

Our camp experience, the final
chapter of our summer tour, pro-
vided us with a series of blessings
which the three of us shall never
forget. After a week filled with
games, swimming, hikes, skits, dis-
cussion groups and meetings, Fri-
day approached with seemingly
only one or two young people
having made decisions for Christ.
During the Saturday evening serv-
ice we sang several songs and
presented a simple plan of salva-
tion. Following our presentation
the leader of the camp gave a
sermonette and announced that a
prayer meeting would be held fol-
lowing the service. With that, the
service was closed. We walked to
our tent, and in the quietness we
asked God to reach these young
people.

Having laid this petition before
the Lord, we decided to join the
group prayer meeting that had al-
ready started. As we entered the
room we heard young people
praying, dedicating their lives to
Christ. Later in the evening we
joined over sixty new Christians in
a service of song and praise. This
was the final realization of the
goal which was set before us—
reaching young people for Christ.

Sunday we sang in the morning
service, packed the car, and pre-
pared to leave after the midday
service. Sermons had been

The ornate interior of this old church
just south of Arendal is characteristic
of numerous State churches in Norway.

preached, prayers had been an-
swered, souls had been saved,
new Christians were going out to
begin their witness, and old Chris-
tians were challenged to continue
in their service for Christ.

THE LAST SONG

All these things had happened,
and we stood before the group to
sing the last song. We had many
things we wanted to say, but
words seemed meaningless; so we
sang in Norwegian our testimony
and benediction: "Oh Lord my
God, as I in awesome wonder con-
sider all the worlds Thy hands
have made, I see the stars; I hear
the rolling thunder; Thy power
throughout the universe displayed
.... When I consider God His Son
not sparing, sent Him to die, I
scarce can take it in. On the cross
my burden gladly bearing, He suf-
fered, died to take away my sin.
Then sings my soul . . . My God
. . . How great Thou art."

The service ended, but God's
blessings continued. As we said
our last good-byes, the directors
of the camp presented us with an
offering that paid for our ferry
ticket and the trip to England.
Once again God had shown us
His way.

That night as the boat pulled
away from Norway we offered a
prayer of thanks to God for His
guidance and blessing during the
tour. By this time we had learned
what it means to trust the Lord
with all our hearts and to ac-
knowledge Him in all our ways.

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APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH, Aboite Township,
where Taylor University's Fort Wayne campus
will be located, was the scene of Allen Coun-
ty's first schools.

It was the Bullard School, located in a log cabin
—complete with wood stove and a young schoolm'arm
whose financial subsistence depended on the gener-
osity of individual parents. The year was 1837— just
nine years before Taylor University was founded in
Fort Wayne. The city itself did not receive its charter
until 1840.

The cabin school had been George Bullard's
hastily erected home for his family when he arrived in
Aboite Township from the East, one year before. He
had planted a small field of corn in the spring of
1836 and reaped it that fall. In 1837 he cleared more
land, grew more corn, built the first hewed-log house
with plastered inside walls— and donated the school
to his neighbors.

Thus, three years after the first adventurous
settlers had come to the "wilds of Aboite," Bullard's
log school was the source of learning for the children
of eight families. Until school consolidation of recent
years, there has always been a "Bullard School" in
Aboite— one of the many familiar one-room red brick
schools which dot the township!

Few of the first Aboite schools or dwellings re-
main today. One notable exception, however, is the
123-year-old Vermilyea mansion about three miles
west of the Taylor University site. It can be seen about
100 yards east of Highway 24, an imposing structure
of red brick with enormous two-story white portico
columns. The bricks were made on Jesse Vermilyea's
property from his own soil.

Kept in a fine state of preservation by its recent
owners, E. MacGregor and Olive Darling (now de-
ceased), the handsome Vermilyea home served also
as the township's first post office and first store. Ac-
tually the "store" was a small stock of merchandise
which Jesse Vermilyea kept for a limited trade with
the Indians. But the post office (the pigeonhole mail
slots are still preserved in the house today) was ex-
tremely important to white settlers. At a cost of at
least two dollars in today's currency, mail was
sealed with wax and sent by canal boat. A canal
station at Little River was located in the rear of the
Vermilyea home, to the south.

This venerable house in Aboite Township also

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One of the earliest
schools in the Fort Wayne
area — a log cabin — was
located near the site
where Taylor's new
$8,000,000 Campus
will rise

Third in a Series

by DOROTHY CONKER

Artist's drawing of early academic
Americana near the new campus site.

LOG CABIN LEGACY

still bears signs of its use, 100 years ago, as an im-
portant and thriving station on the Underground Rail-
way.

Besides schools, Aboite Township's first eight
families began other important things, prophetic of
events of the 1960's. Like Taylor University, which is
now interdenominational and was so even when
Methodist-related, Aboite settlers had one of the ear-
liest non-denominational churches. Called "Friend-
ship Church," it was built in the little village of Aboite
soon after settlers came.

This principle of church and school being friend-
ly and progressive— inseparably important to the
Aboite Township settlers— falls in line with the con-
cept which founded Taylor University in Allen County
a few years later!

At the same time pioneers were busy here, the
university's forefather was working very hard over
in England at his self-appointed task of educating
people. He was John Wesley, a young ministerial
student who was horrified that only one out of 50 in
England could read or write. Wesley and his follow-
ers were founding universities and colleges every-
where, including the American colonies.

The Wesleyan concept of the trained mind being
a necessary part of the spiritual life became a mag-
nificent obsession with the circuit riders in early In-
diana. With no power press, no daily or weekly
newspaper then, the preacher and the school teacher
were the only popular instructors— outside of pioneer
mothers. Wesley followers (Methodists) believed firm-
ly that "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the
world," and so they were early enthusiasts about
young women receiving higher education.

It was only natural, then, that as soon as a town
was settled in Allen County, the Methodists would
start a college here. It was the "Fort Wayne Female
College," founded 117 years ago when the ink was
scarcely dry on the town's incorporation papers. Not
long after, the new institution became coeducational
when the Methodists voted to "establish the education
of young males at this place."

The college was an imposing three-story struc-
ture, built on the honest, four-square lines of Colonial
buildings in the early part of the last century. It

housed dormitories, classrooms, a large dining hall
and auditorium which could seat 500. Situated on
Rockhill— donated land at the top of a hill— it faced
what is now the 1100-block of West Wayne Street
in Fort Wayne. Back of it sloped 1,000 feet of land
to the St. Mary's River and the vast Swinney holdings.

Old "bird's eye" lithographs of Fort Wayne show
dramatically how the early college dominated the
then landscape of forested wilderness. At that time,
the westernmost Fort Wayne dwelling of consequence
was the Ewing home— recently torn down— nearly a
mile east. It is true that William Rockhill built at this
time a large, four-story hostelry on Broadway where
the St. Joseph Hospital now stands; but it was so far
west of city life that for years people dubbed it "Rock-
hill's Folly."

The young ladies who first attended Fort Wayne
Female College had 1o make their way by canal or
wagons on mere excuses for roads.

An anomaly, this institution of higher learning in
the wilderness? No more of an anomaly than the first
little log Bullard School out in Aboite Township, where
pioneer families had scarcely begun clearing enough
ground to grow grain for their subsistence!

Recall that this, the beginning of the Victorian
Ace was also the age of scholars and writers. In Eng-
land, it was the age of the Brontes, Tennyson, Thack-
eray, Disraeli, Dickens, the Brownings. In France, of
Balzac, Dumas, Flaubert, and Hugo. In America, it
was the age of Darwin, Hawthorne, Emerson, Thor-
eau, Melville, Poe, Longfellow and Whitman.

And— it was the age of colleges set in the outposts
of civilization.

As the century went on, Taylor University grew
in influence, both here and nationally. The late
Charles M. Comparet, a local alumnus, reminisced
in 1928:

Through the years, many students crossed Aboite
Township, taking the Portage Trail (now Highway
24) as they trekked to the magnificent college in the
heart of the Indiana backwoods— near Fort Wayne.

And soon— 1 00-plus years later— many more stu-
dents will convene in Aboite Township, at an even
greater university!

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A letter ... a request . . . an acceptance . . . opened a new world of
service for the Rev. Wesley Arms '45 — among the Navajos. He had
to draw a new and bigger circle of concern — to "fence them in."

IT BEGAN WITH A LETTER ... an ordinary looking
letter. Yet its contents were not ordinary. In fact that
piece of paper was to make a tremendous change in
our lives, for it asked, "Will you come and serve as
pastor and teacher at the Navajo Methodist Mission
School?"

A few months later, after selling many of our
earthly possessions, and saying farewell to the people
of South Dakota whom we had served for nine years,
we found ourselves on the way to Navajoland and
Farmington, New Mexico.

Who is the Indian American . . . the Navajo? What
is he like? What are his needs? These and many other
related questions filled my mind. Questions to which
I had few, vague, and oft-times false answers. For
I had been told that the Indian was the "Vanishing
American." But I was to learn how wrong this was.
Instead of vanishing, the Navajo are increasing at
three times the rate of the rest of the population. In
1935 there were 45,000 Navajos; today there are
over 90,000.

The Indian Americans are found in every state.
They belong to 280 tribes or bands, and number over
535,000. No, the Indians are not vanishing! But did
we place them on reservations so that we might put
an end to our responsibility and "exterminate" them
from our thinking and concern?

It has been implied, in one way or another, that

the Indian is "low class"— that he is "dirty . . . lazy . . .
and not to be trusted." Dirty ... If you and I lived as
far from a bath tub or water faucet as some of them
do from the nearest water hole, we would not have
that "refreshing, new feeling" either. Lazy . . . You do
not make a living off the land many of them have
been given by being lazy. Cannot be trusted? . . .
When I dare to search history and observe treaty af-
ter treaty, promise after promise, being broken by
the "white" American, I am forced to ask, "Who is
it that cannot be trusted?"

Let us not make the common mistake of general-
izing and saying that all Indians are alike. The Indian
Americans are as different as you and I are different.
And just as it is not fair or right to think of every
American as a Jesse James or an Abraham Lincoln,
neither is it right to classify all Indian Americans as
this or that.

Who are the Navajo, the Apache, the Hopi, the
Zuni, the Comanche . . .? I had to answer, as probably
most Americans would, that the Indian American
was a STRANGER to me. A "stranger" is one who is
unknown, excluded, not made a part, outside our ac-
quaintance. "A Stranger in his homeland" . . . this
thought has haunted me, disturbed and challenged
me. It is bad enough to be a stranger anywhere, but
to be a stranger in your "homeland." . . . What would
this do to the spirit of any man?

STRANGERS

in THEIR
HOMELAND

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AN OLD QUESTION

By the way, what do you do with strangers? . . .
ignore them, exclude them, or do you be "nice" to
them— send them your cast-off clothing and have a
special "offering" for those who are starving? What
do you do with a stranger?

This is not a new question for man. Early the
"people of God" must have raised this question, for
Moses said, "You shall not wrong a stranger or op-
press him, for you were strangers in the land of
Egypt."1 What we do to or for a stranger is not a
matter of little consequence.

The reality and genuiness of our faith in Jesus
Christ as Saviour and Lord is more clearly seen in our
treatment of "the strangers" than in the murmurings
and thunderings of our lips. Jesus gave the following
picture of the final judgment of human life:

The King will say to those at his right hand,
"Come. . .inherit the kingdom. . .for I was hungry
and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave
me drink, I WAS A STRANGER and you WEL-
COMED me. . . " Then the righteous will answer him,
"Lord... when did we see thee a stranger and wel-
come thee...?" And the King will answer them,
"Truly I say to you as you did it to one of the least
of these my brethren, you did it to me." Then he
wiil say to those at his left hand, "Depart for I
was hungry and you gave me no food... I WAS A
STRANGER and you DID NOT welcome me..."
Then they will also answer, "Lord when did we see
thee hungry or thirsty or a STRANGER or naked or
sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?"
Then he will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as
you DID IT NOT to ONE OF THE LEAST OF
THESE, you did it not to ME." And they will go
away into eternal punishment. Matt 25:34.

In the letter to the Ephesians the Apostle Paul
reminds his readers that they were once "strangers
. . . having no hope and without God in the world . . .
But now . . . you are no longer strangers . . . but you
are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the
household of God. . ."2 Here is living drama. . .a vivid
exciting picture of the mission of the church! And this
mission has to do with our treatment of strangers. . . .
Once strangers, but now members of the family of
God. . . . There is NOTHING to compare with the
breath-taking, heart-warming experience of losing
the status of a stranger and becoming part of the
life-restoring fellowship of the household of God!

Thus we knew what He would have us do.
Quickly we came to understand the spiritual truth in
the words of a little girl who said, "Strangers are
friends that you haven't met yet."

Let me give you a brief introduction to a won-
derful people, the Navajo. For generations "The

People" (dineh) have lived in hogans and tents,
cooked over open fires, and slept on sheepskins
spread on one-room dirt floors. Many of their children
died at an early age. Tuberculosis, malnutrition, and
unsanitary conditions took a shocking toll. In the past,
only a few spoke English and only a small minority
of the children attended school. Until a few years
ago the Navajo standard of living was one of the
lowest of any group in the nation. Raising sheep was
their main occupation.

RELIVING BIBLICAL TIMES

As we lived with the Navajo youth in a boarding
school situation and became acquainted with them,
a strange thing happened. At times we had the feel-
ing that we were living on the edge of Bible times.
The pastoral life of the Hebrews of the Old Testament
took on living form. For here, too, was a people who
talked about the curse and the blessings, who per-
formed purification rites and cleansings, who had
strong convictions against eating certain foods, who
lived in a world inhabited by demons and evil spirits,
and whose life was directed by religious convictions.
But they knew not God!

Though many of the ways of the Navajo were
strange to us, we soon discovered that in other ways
they were much like us. They were no strangers to
sin and its consequence. They, like all of us, know the
corruption of life without God. They, like all of us,
have experienced the destructive power of sin and
evil, whatever its form, to the human spirit.

Nor are they strangers to living by the passions
of their flesh ..." following the desires of body and
mind . . . like the rest of mankind." A Navajo medi-
cine man who later became a Christian bore witness
to the fact that he had learned to steal and to com-
mit fornication and adultery at ceremonials and
squaw dances. No, the Navajo people, like their fel-
low "white" Americans are no strangers to immor-
ality.

DIABOLICAL MASTERS

Again, we soon observed that the Navajo were
not strangers to fear and superstition. Some have
said that the Eskimos' description of their religion—
"We do not believe; we fear"— would be appropriate
for the Navajos as well.3 They talk of witch-craft,
ghosts, men who have the power to turn themselves

1. Exodus 22:21

2. Ephesians 2:12-19

3. The NAVAJO, Kluckholn and Leighton, p. 139

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into animals or who cloak themselves in animal skins
to do their evil deeds; they talk of evil spirits who
seem to be more powerful than the good ones. Fears
mount higher than faith and become diabolical mas-
ters.

Also, the Navajo know what it means to be torn
by hatred and hostility. The bitter wounds of cruelty,
war, betrayal, and mistreatment are still evident.
They, like their white brothers, are no strangers to
the poison of prejudice.

Thus we came to think of the Navajo, not as a
stranger, but as a fellow person in tremendous need
of the Gospel of Christ. In this respect, he is not un-
like other Americans that walk the Park avenues or
Main streets of our modern cities and little towns.

"The Methodist Church believes today," writes
Bishop Gerald Kennedy, "... that the only infallible
proof of a true Church of Christ is its ability to seek
and save the lost . . . and to transform all peoples and
nations through the Gospel of Christ."1 But a ques-
tion still torments me, "What have we done about
the Indian American?" When he has known great
hunger we have sent him food; when he has been
cold we have shipped him our used clothing— even
our high-heel shoes and fancy hats. But what are we
doing so that the stranger becomes a fellow citizen
and a member of the household of God?

John Wesley had a concern for the Indians of
America. We have read of John Eliot, an "Apostle to
the Indians," translating the Bible into an Indian
language. The account of David Brainerd living with
the Indians so that they might know life in Christ
has been an inspiration to many Christians. There
have been others. But it is my strong conviction that
there is not any segment of the Christian church to-
day that is facing seriously and creatively the need
of sharing the Gospel with the Indian American— the
stranger within our homeland.

Back in 1891, two ladies, Mrs. Eldridge, a nurse,
and Miss Mary Raymond, a school teacher, left
Kansas on a train. At Durango, Colorado, they
changed to a stagecoach bound for Hogback, New
Mexico. There midst the rocks and rattle snakes, near
the banks of the San Juan River, their tent was
pitched and they began a Christian ministry to the
Navajo. Thus began the first permanent Protestant
mission work among "the People."

From this small but daring beginning came the
Navajo Methodist Mission School. In its history are
written years of struggle— for the rugged physical

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and social environment was not always kind. But
there were women and men who had hope and
vision, faith and loving concern, and deep dedication
to the Saviour of all men. Today, this fully accredited
school has been called "the outstanding institution of
Methodism for Indians,"2 and it stands like an oasis
on the edge of the desert to offer a Christian educa-
tion to the Indian American.

It was in this mission school that I was privileged
to serve as pastor and teacher for three years. It is
in this school that about 240 Indian children and
youth spend nine months of each year. The student
body is about 90 per cent Navajo, and includes
grades three through twelve.

GREATEST CHALLENGE

Never had I been so challenged to preach the
Gospel as I was when I looked out upon a chapel or
campus full of these bronzed-skin, dark-eyed youth.
For the Gospel would meet their deepest needs, as it
had mine. But they had been strangers to the Gospel.
Thus to tell them of Christ who could break the power
of sin in their lives, who could show them the way
of abundant life and the path of peace, who could
quicken within them a faith that overcomes all fear,
and who could lead them to a love that dissolves the
deepest hate or the most violent hostility— this is the
greatest thing that anyone can do for "the strangers
in their homeland"! This is the answer:

"I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU WELCOMED ME!"
"In as much as you have . . . you have done it
unto ME."

Gerald Kennedy: THE MARKS OF A METHODIST, p. 22
Pamphlet: "The Romance of Indian Missions", p. 29

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Wesley Arms received the S. T. B. degree from
the Biblical Seminary in New York in 1948, and
has taken additional graduate work at Drew Theo-
logical Seminary.

Prior to his ministry to the Indians he was pastor
of Methodist churches in South Dakota and was
treasurer of the South Dakota Annual Conference.
He recently moved to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where
he is pastor of the Methodist Church. The Arms'
have four children, Stephen 13, Paul 11, Lois 9
and Carolyn 6.

s°*s

SOME SMALL TALK ON BIG

SUBJECTS — AND VICE VERSA

TAYLOR EXHIBITS will be main-
tained this summer both at Winona
Lake and at Maranatha Conference
Grounds, Muskegon, Michigan. "Alum-
ni Ed" Bruerd will be in charge of
both displays, and will divide his time
between the two places. Taylor trus-
tee Howard Skinner, '27, is head of
Maranatha, and Gordon Beck, x42,
hon. '62, Alumni Board member, is
Executive Manager of Winona Con-
ference Grounds.

Reginald '51 and Flora (Adams
x'51 Alford) have established a
short-term emergency loan fund
in memory of their son Danny.
Daniel Mark Alford, four years
old, died in a car accident on
August 12. "The Danny Alford
Memorial Short-Term Emergency
Loan Fund" will provide loans
for Taylor students to meet those
contingencies which arise when
moderate sums of money are
needed immediately.

The Taylor family extends sym-
pathy to the Alfords in their deep
loss, and appreciation to them for
this expression of generosity and
thoughtfulness.

HELP! HELP! This is the time of
year when thoughts are turned to
travel, fishing, Dairy Queens., etc.,
but there seems to be little tendency,
while basking in the sun and watch-
ing the fleecy clouds float across the
sky or pulling up the crab grass, to
dwell upon the Taylor alumni fund.
But we urgently need a large number
of gifts before the end of the fiscal
year (June 30) in order to balance
the budget. Thanks so very much for
your generosity.

Track and baseball results for this
spring are as follows:

TRACK
13 wins — 1 loss
Taylor Opponent

Mar. 27 IVh Troy— 58V2

31 78 Pennsicola — 62

Apr. 2 125% Barry— 14V3

4 74 Univ.of the So.— 48
8 70 Indiana Central — 75
1 1 95V2 Grace— 49V2

11 129 Cedarville— 16

17 120 Spring Arbor— 25
17 126 Goshen— 19

21 84 Earlham— 61

25 112V2 Manchester— 32'/2
May 2 119 Franklin— 24

6 86 Concordia — 59

6 102 Univ. of

Louisville — 43

BASEBALL
6 wins — 15 losses
Taylor Opponent

Mar. 30 3 Howard— 7

5 4

31 0 Huntington — 2

5 4

TU Opponent

Apr. 2 4 Mississippi — 5

8 0

3 1 Delta State— 8

4 1 Delta State— 2
4 8

11 3 Ball State— 6

2 3

15 0 Wabash— 10

17 2 Spring Arbor — 3

25 4 Hanover — 0

0 1

30 0 Earlham— 3

6 3

May 2 0 Indiana Central — 3

2 6

5 6 St. Joseph— 7

3 2

The Taylor University Magazine is
now a member of the Evangelical
Press Association in addition to the
professional societies listed on page
3. Through this organization the col-
lege is identified in a specialized way
with the evangelical movement of
which it is a vital part.

Taylor officials and coaches are shown staking out the general layout for the
extensive athletic and recreational facilities to be provided on the new Fort
Wayne campus. (Left to right) Ralph Boyd, Supt. of Buildings and Grounds;
Paul D. Keller, Business Manager; President B. Joseph Martin; Don J. Odle
'42, basketball coach and Athletic Director; Bob Davenport, (with hammer),
football coach; George Glass '58, track coach; and Jack King '59, baseball
coach. Photo by Stedman Studios.

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TAVX-OF?

Bishop and Mrs. Ralph Dodge (Eu-
nice Davis) are now in the States to
attend the Methodist General Con-
ference in Pittsburgh, Pa. They are
especially anxious that support con-
tinues in Angola and Mozambique,
even though the missionary staff is
limited due to government restric-
tions. Bishop Dodge has written a
book, The Unpopular Missionary,
which is now off the press and which
he hopes will add to our understand-
ing of the church in Africa.

George Breaden and his wife, who
are in Beirut, Lebanon, have given a
vivid word picture of their work, the
joy of the arrival of new recruits to
help in the churches, the healing
ministry by one of the national min-
isters in the Horns Church, and the
need of prayer, not only for the
needs but for peace in the Near East.

-4 1938 >-

After some time spent working at
The Salvation Army's Home and Hos-
pital for unwed mothers in Detroit,
Major Margaret Trefz has returned
to Southern Rhodesia and is on the
teaching staff of the new girls' high
school, Usher Institute, P. 0. Figtree.

-4 1939 ►-

Martha (Matthews) and Dick Wilk-
inson write of the extremely crowded
condition of the Maranatha School in
Haiti and how heartbreaking it is to
have to tell eager young students
there is no more room. The destruc-
tion caused by Hurricane Flora has
made it difficult for some parents to
keep their children in school.

1943

Joe and Frances (Guindon) Shisler
live on R. R. 2, Columbiana, Ohio, in
the little village of Middleton. Joe
has completely recovered from ser-
ious surgery and the three children
are in good health. Fran is the only
one who was not in the hospital dur-
ing the past year. Joe works in a
pattern shop and preaches each week.

-4 1944 ►-

Elizabeth Suderman writes that the
school at Serpa Pinto, Angola, Africa,
opened its new term with 165 pupils,
33 of them beginners, in contrast to
the usual 6-10 new ones. She is grate-
ful for the new motor bike which
friends and relatives have given her
for her work.

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1945 ►-

Lawrence and Betty (Hughes)
Brown's new mailing address is Caixa
Postal 1627, Goiania, Goias, Brazil.
They are continuing their traveling
evangelistic work, plus production of
leadership training and audio-visual
materials. Lawrence is also field rep-
resentative for their mission.

Clarence and Betty (Good) Owsley
are spending the sixth year of their
second term in Brazil working in the
O.M.S. Every Creature Crusade in the
northern part of Parana. Betty is
teaching in the Bible Seminary there.

Gordon Bell, Director for India, of
the Far East Broadcasting Company,
has recently moved to Bangalore,
South India, with his family.

-4f 1948 >°~

Martha (Johnson) and Leon Strunk
and three children are now on fur-
lough. Their address is 634 West 11th
Avenue, Apt. 2, Eugene, Oregon.

-4 1949 ►-

Eileen Lageer contributes mission-
ary articles to HIS magazine and is
credited with having more printed
than any other writer for this pub-
lication. She is a missionary under
the United Missionary Society and
will return to Nigeria this spring.

■4 1950

tee-

Joan. Kile writes she teaches the
children of two Taylor alumni fam-
ilies in the Hannah Hunter Cole Me-
morial School. They are David and
Jonathon, children of Deighton Doug-
lin '52, and Melody and Wendy, chil-
dren of Harold Salseth '48. The Sal-
seths teach at the Bible School at the
same station where Joan teaches and
the Doughlins are stationed at Singa,
where Deighton teaches in the Teach-
er Training School.

-4 1951 fe-

Helen L. Smith finds that circum-
stances prevent her return to Brazil
at present. She asks for our support
in prayer in the training of national
workers in northeast Brazil.

Dorothy M. Butler is on furlough
from her work in Jamaica and
teaches English in Lyle, Minnesota.
She lives with her mother at 909
7th Avenue N. E., Austin, Minnesota.

Arthur and Carol (Dixon '49) Mix
and family write that the work in
Waianae, Hawaii, is going well and
the building program is continuing.
Within the next five years they hope
the church will be self-supporting and
sharing in a larger way with others.

-4 1952 >~

A copy of the Palau Times with
John Simpson as editor, and Juanita
and children, Sandy and Angela, as
reporters, very vividly portrays the
life, progress and needs at the Beth-
ania School and Mission on Palau, in
the Western Caroline Islands. Plans
are made to build additional facilities
to make it possible to accept more
students from other islands in Micro-

-v

1953

Gerald and Miriam (Deyo '55) Close
continue their work at Mutambara
Mission, Southern Rhodesia, and are
happy to report they have the x-ray
machine which was needed so much
and are now hoping to buy orthopedic
instruments for bone surgery. Bever-
ly attends boarding school, Stephen
is taught by his mother and a corres-
pondence course. Randy helps care
for Douglas Allen, who is over a year
old now.

1954 }§*■■

Mrs. Thomas Cosmades (Lila Han-
sen), Debbie and Heather live in
Athens, Greece, while Mr. Cosmades
travels in Turkey, doing what he can
to spread the gospel in this country
where foreign missionaries are not
allowed. Lila takes Greek lessons and
tries to teach Debbie English, along
with Greek, since both children go to
Greek schools.

Stan and Joanne (Dutro) Maughlin
are still in Brussells, Belgium, and
are progressing in their study of
French, both in classes and with pri-
vate tutor, in preparation for their
work in the Congo. Only about 1% of
the population of Belgium is Prot-
estant. The persecution they suffer is
not death but they are refused jobs
and their children are discriminated
against in the neighborhoods and
schools. Recently the Protestant
churches have been given time both
on radio and TV. They ask for our
prayers for these fellow Christians.

-4 1955 ►-

John and Mary Ann (Pahmeier '57)
Hinkle, with their three children, are
returning in May from their first
term in the Philippines.

William Yoder has recently been
made Executive Director of European
Youth for Christ. He, Joan (Selleck
x'57), Heidi and Christina, are moving
from Berlin to Geneva, Switzerland,
where European Youth for Christ has
its headquarters.

Charles Good writes that he and
his wife are teaching in their Bible
Institute in Huanuco, Peru, South
America, which is located in the
Andes at an altitude of 6000 feet.

A letter from C. P. Tarkington tells
us that construction is progressing
on the new two-story Christian Serv-
ice Center on Okinawa. The challenge
to spread the gospel is great — on
Okinawa there are over 15,000 teen-
agers in uniform today.

Mike and Lorena (Smith x'56) Mur-
phy continue their efforts to spread
the gospel in Brazil in spite of oppo-
sition by the priests of the towns in
which they work. Scotty is in second
grade, and Valerie, who will start
school next fall is very much a "little
mother" to Jeffrey, now a year old
and "King" of the Murphy household.

1963

te.

1956

&..-

Tom and Dotty (Keeler) Hash and

family are now in the Philippines
working in the Christian Servicemen's
Home at Clark Feld. Their new ad-
dress is General Delivery, Angeles,
Pampanga, Philippines.

Phyllis Osborn writes there are ten
groups of young people, ages 11-15,
active in the city of Maracaibo, Ven-
ezuela. All possible is being done
with the limited help to keep these
youth interested in the gospel. The
ultimate goal of the Evangelism in
Depth program is to present the gos-
pel message to every man, woman,
boy and girl in Venezuela. Our pray-
ers are desperately needed.

1960

Mrs. Charles Wuest (Norene Men-
ningen) recently served for two
months in Tournavista, in the jungles
of Peru, South America, as house-
mother in a school for missionary
children. "Tish" Tieszen Stoltzfus '54
is also at Tournavista. Norene writes
that her husband's work moves ahead
with little opposition, having held 25
meetings in a ten day span in Chile.
The city of Santiago is more aloof,
though, due to the great Communist
influence.

-< 1962 >-

Boniface B. Chiwengo and family
are now in B. P. Jadotville, Republic
of Congo (Leo.), where he is Executive
Secretary of Christian Work and a
youth counselor of his Conference.

Duane and Marcia '64 Schmutzer

have been accepted under TEAM as
candidates to West Irian, formerly
known as Dutch New Guinea. Duane
is the assistant school nurse at Tay-
lor and Marcia graduates this spring.
Stephen is over a year old now.

Coming
in Next Issue

"Combating Communism"

what's left — what's right —

what's wrong?
by Lt. Col. Russell Clark '47

Along Life's Way

-4 BIRTHS ►-

George and Elaine (Boothe '59) See-
lig are the proud parents of a son,
Craig Scott, born January 16.

Born, February 23, to Dr. and Mrs.
James Diller (Jean Miller '52) their
third child, first son, Christopher
Glen, at the Cleveland, Ohio, Clinic
where Jim is chief surgical resident.

Judy (Cook x'58) and Frank Swick
are happy to announce the birth of
Annette Lynne on February 26.

Ray '59 and Alberta (Weeks '61)
Merz announce the birth of Gregg
Allen on January 15.

Arthur and Dorothy (Wing x'56)
Blakely are the proud parents of
Susan Michelle, born December 19,
1963.

James and Nancy (Norrenberns)
Reynolds, both of the class of '61,
announce the birth of Mark Alan on
December 24, 1963.

Will and Ruby (Moser '56) Neuen-
schwander announce the birth of Ed-
ward Jay on December 19, 1963.

Born to Joseph and Carolyn (Cloer)
Wagner, both of the class of '60,
a daughter, Sandra Faith, on July 20,
1963.

John Martin was born to Silas Klaas-
sen '60 and his wife on November
22, 1963. Silas is teaching in the Bible
Institute at Palmira, Colombia, South
America.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Baumgartner
(Mary Whitenack x'52) are the proud
parents of Heidi Lynn, born June 2,
1963.

Lester and Kathy (Lauber) Jackson,
both of the class of '60, are the proud
parents of Peter Edward, born March
26.

John '52 and Jeanette (Badertscher
x'54) Cornell are the proud parents of
Grace Ellen, born October 7, 1963.
Johnny, Barbie, Linda. Ruth Ann and
Beth are happy with their baby sister.
They live in Venezuela, South Amer-

Coralie Ann was born on July 5,
1963, to Charles and Lois (Inboden)
Kempton, both of the class of '52.
Keith, Bethany and Glendon are hap-
py to have a baby sister so they will
be "even." Charles is attending As-
bury, and they are serving a Free
Methodist Church in Elkatawa, Ken-
tucky, where they live.

-< WEDDINGS >~

Sherry Murphy '63 and William
Hubbard x'64 were united in marriage
on December 28, 1963, and live in
Hartford City, Indiana.

Virginia Wardell '63 and Larry
Goin were married on December 15,
1963, in Brooklyn, New York.

Irvin Johnson and Nancy Fricke,
both of the class of '63, were married
December 21, 1963 and live at 338
West St. Charles Road, Apt. 3, Lom-
bard, Illinois.

Loana Coleson x'63 and Don Ingram
were married in June, 1963 and live
in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she
teaches and he attends school.

Annabelle Amstutz and James L.
Humphrey, both x'60, were married
on October 19, 1963. Jim is a graduate
of Case Institute of Technology of
Cleveland and is a chemical engineer
for Universal Oil Products, Chicago.
Annabelle works at the Michael Reese
Medical Center. Their address is 3001
South Parkway, Apt. 1013, Chicago.

Virginia Doctor '63 and Kenneth
Blackwell '62 were married on De-
cember 23, 1963. Their address is
717 West Ocean View, Norfolk, Vir-
ginia.

Bertha Evelyn Shepherd '62 and
Arthur Lockwood Lamb, Jr., were
united in marriage on April 4 at the
Grove Community Church, Coconut
Grove, Florida.

Patricia Benson '63 and Jack Shan-
non were married January 18 in
Wheaton, Illinois. Jack graduated
from Wheaton College in '63 and will
enter the University of Illinois Dental
School in the fall. Pat will continue
teaching at Wheaton Academy.

Minnie Patton '61 and Robert T.
Clark were united in marriage April
19. They live at 275 Decorah Road,
West Bend, Wisconsin. Bob is Assist-
ant Advertising Manager for Gehl
Products.

-4 DEATHS Hh-

The Rev. George Francis Lee, who
was a professor of Hebrew and Greek
at Taylor University from 1913-1916,
passed away November 30, 1963. He
was a Presbyterian minister for over
58 years. He is survived by one sister,
several nieces and nephews, and his
wife, Johanna, who continues to live
in their home in Upper Darby, Penn-
sylvania.

21

News of the Classes

-4 1921 H~

Dr. William 0. Moulton has been
named administrator of a proposed
retirement home in the Flint, Mich-
igan, area. For-Mar Manor will ac-
commodate 150 residents in the first
unit to be constructed at a cost of
52,300,000. His son, William O. Moul-
ton, Jr. x'43, is the administrator of
the Boulevard Temple Home in De-
troit.

-4 1926 ►-

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lindell (Ruth
Draper '27) recently returned from a
vacation trip in the southern states
and on into Mexico. They also visited
their son, Dr. Maurice Lindell, med-
ical officer at the army center in Ft.
Bragg, North Carolina.

--H 1929 ►-

The American Medical Writers' As-
sociation, Metropolitan New York
Chapter, recently held an Awards
Dinner at which Wesley Draper was
honored. He is librarian of the Kings
County Medical Society.

1930

!:;-■

Prof. William Vennard, chairman
of the Voice Department in the Uni-
versity of Southern California School
of Music, has been elected president
of the National Association of Teach-
ers of Singing, a 2000 member organ-
ization, for a period of two years.

-■< 1933 ►-

The Rev. Wilson Tennant has served
the University Methodist Church in
East Lansing, Michigan, since 1957.
In 1959 an extensive building pro-
gram was started with the construc-
tion of Wesley Foundation and Me-
morial Chapel and a large new sanc-
tuary was completed a year ago. Many
M. S. U. students have found a sin-
cere and devoted friend in Mr. Ten-
nant, and hundreds attend his church.
Two of the staff of four ministers de-
vote their entire time to work among
the students.

■Hi 1938 }*-

Dr. Arthur Climenhaga has re-
signed as president of Messiah Col-
lege, Grantham, Pennsylvania, and ac-
cepted the position of Executive Di-
rector of the National Association of
Evangelicals.

-4 1941 }>-

Dr. Lester A. Michel, chairman of
the Chemistry Department of Col-
orado College, has been named Ver-
ner Z. Reed Memorial Professor in

22

Chemistry. Dr. Michel is the author
of a number of articles for scientific
journals. He and his wife, the former
Martha Brown x'42, live at 309 Yucca
Circle, Colorado Springs.

Dr.

Lester
Michel

-4 1943 ►-

Vern Miller was recently named
Y. M. C. A. Physical Education Direc-
tor of the year for the Pacific South-
west area. He also received the Jun-
ior Chamber of Commerce Physical
Fitness Leadership Award for the
state of California. He, his wife, the
former Dorothy Hislop '42, Valerie 4,
and Natalie 5, live at 5211 Rosita
Way, Sacramento, California.

-4( 1944 >■■-

Paul Clasper is joining the teaching
staff at Drew Theological Seminary,
Madison, New Jersey, this fall.

-

. ..

Dr.
E. C.

Bernstorf

Dr. E. C. Bernstorf is now teaching
in the Indiana University School of
Medicine, after completion of their
I. U. foreign aid assignment. They
spent more than five years in Karachi,
Pakistan, where Dr. Bernstorf set up
a department of anatomy in the Post-
graduate Medical Center for medical
college teachers. His wife taught in
a mission school during these years.
Their address is 6112 Grandview
Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana.

<i 1948 }>-

The Rev. John H. Clark is in his

fourth year of serving the Chicora-
Karns City, Pennsylvania, parish.
They have five children in school and
Ruth Marie 4, at home.

-< 1950 }>-

Clyde W. Meredith Jr. is in the

residential building business in south-
ern Illinois. In the last few years
about 3000 homes have been built
and presently he is engaged in the
development of homes and apartment
buildings adjacent to Scott Air Force
Base. His address is 9 Lincolnshire
Blvd., Belleville, Illinois.

Rev.
Harold
Jenkins

The Rev. Harold M. Jenkins of

Norwalk, Connecticut, has been
elected treasurer of the Methodist
Board of Missions, joint session on
education and cultivation.

He joined the board in 1961 as as-
sociate treasurer of the division of
World Missions.

*";{

1951 }>

E. Herbert Nygren is chairman of
the Department of Religion and Phil-
osophy at Emory and Henry College,
Emory, Virginia. For the last two
years articles of his have been pub-
lished in Religion and Life, Emory
and Henry Review, and the Halston
Methodist. His wife, the former Louise
Whitton x'54, and two sons, six and
two years old, enjoy living in that
area.

Donald Wyant has been promoted
to supervisor of replacement sales
for the Bridgeport Brass Company
with which he has been associated
since 1956.

-4 1952 ►-

Robert Fraser recently became a
member of the law firm, Butler, Husk,
and Gleaves, in Eugene, Oregon. He
and his wife, the former Violet Golds-
worthy x'54, live at 1781 Hemlock,
Eugene.

The Rev. Herbert R. Lucas has been
called as the full time minister of
the First Church of God, Oak Ridge,
Tennessee. They live at 130 East Ar-
rowwood.

-4 1953 ►-

The Board of Directors of the Cow-
man Publishing Company, Los Ange-
les, California, recently announced

the election of David E. Phillippe as
president. He had been associated
with this company as sales represent-
ative and sales manager for over ten
years. David, his wife, Dora Dene,
(Culver '52), Debbie Jo and David
live at 5800 Lockhurst Drive, Wood-
land Hills.

-4 1954 fc»-

Noel and Ruth (Thomas x'56) Spen-
cer serve the Cumberland Methodist
Church, just east of Indianapolis on
Highway 40, a combination small
town and suburban community. Becky
is a second grader, Tommy, a kinder-
gartner, and Sherri Lynn, born on
September 27, 1963, is a joy to the
whole family.

-4 1955 fr-

Don
Callan

HMI W MS

Coach Don Callan is completing his
fourth year as coach of the Yellow
Jackets of Cedarville College, Cedar-
ville. Ohio, and this is his "best ever"
season, with 19 wins, including a vic-
tory over Taylor. Coach Callan and
his team went to Kansas City recently
to participate in the National Basket-
ball Tournament sponsored by the
N.A.I. A.

-4 1956 ►-

Robert Morgan continues to con-
tribute in the field of education and
work in areas of world peace and
understanding through the "Experi-
ment in International Living." For
the last three summers he has lived
abroad in homes of families in Eng-
land, India and Egypt.

Mrs. Robert Bachman (Tina Kiikka)
and her husband, who is an engineer,
live at 15 Avenue d'Orbaix, Brussels,

Belgium. Tabitha Ann, two, is learn-
ing to speak French.

-4, 1957 >-

Larry and Barbara (Meyer x'58)
Warner live at 1216 North Washing-
ton, Owosso, Michigan, where Larry
teaches and Barbara is kept busy by
the activities of the children, six,
five and two years old.

1958

!;«.,.

W. David Richards serves two
churches in the Northwest Indiana
Conference since his graduation from
Garrett Theological Institute in 1962
and is finishing his Masters in Soci-
ology from Purdue. They have three
children, Mike, Dawn and Mark.

Lt. Stanley J. Beach, CHC, USN, is
attached to the Naval A'r Station in
Minneapolis. They live at 9110 Bryant
Avenue South, Bloomington, Minne-
sota. Laurie is six and Randy, three.

-4 1959 }>-

Rev. and Mrs. S. Charles Bateman
(Janis Smith) live in Imlay City, Mich-
igan, where they serve the Trinity
Baptist Church.

Mrs. John Gettman (Gwen Davies)
and husband are under appointment
to West Irian (formerly Dutch New
Guinea) with Missionary Aviation Fel-
lowship and expect to leave for the
field this fall.

David and Evelyn (Martin '60)
Baker live at 248 Hesper, Metairie,
Louisiana. Dave is an accountant for
the General Accounting Office of the
Federal Government in New Orleans.
Evelyn is teaching seventh grade his-
tory and fifteen months old Brent
Allyn is enjoying nursery school.

Dale and Enid (Hansen '60) Lin-
hart serve the Methodist Church at
Liberty Center, Indiana, since Dale's
graduation from Asbury. They spent
two months this past summer work-
ing in San Jose, Costa Rica. Dale did
maintenance work and Enid did secre-
tarial work for Bill Wortman '52, as
her "head boss."

-4 1960 >-

Roland Bertka has recently received
his M. S. in Electrical Engineering
from Ohio State. He previously re-
ceived the B. S. E. E. from Purdue. He
lives at 666 Vernon Heights, Marion,
Ohio.

Dick and Barbara (Schultz '59)
Shupe live at 4012 Baybrook Drive,
Drayton Plains, Michigan. Dick is head
of the Journalism Department at Wa-
terford Township High School and
Barbara also teaches.

Nancy Bibb teaches 7th and 8th
grades in a Christian high school in
Long Beach, California. She lives at
1219V2 Umatilla Avenue.

David Leveilfe is head resident of
Buell Hall at Eastern Michigan Uni-
versity, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Jim Jones is Budget Director for
Kent State University and is also do-
ing graduate work. He, his wife, the
former Jo Nemoth '56, and their chil-
dren iive at 533 Crain Avenue, Kent,
Ohio.

-4 1961 >-

Dennis Thompson is serving the
Lytle Methodist Church at Waynes-
ville, Ohio, where they live, and is a
senior at United Theological Seminary
in Dayton. He plans to do work at
Ypsilanti State Hospital this summer.
His wife, Ann, is busy with the church
work and caring for Ann Marie, U/2,
and Danny, who was born December
16, 1963.

-4 1962 ►-

Jan (Mendenhall) Horner teaches a
class of 26, almost all Jewish, in the
Dawes School in Evanston, Illinois.
The ungraded primary is used there
and Jan has the "high" group. She
finds teaching these youngsters from a
large city a real adjustment and appre-
ciates her training at Taylor.

HAVE YOU RETURNED
YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE?

IF NOT, PLEASE DO SO.

-4 1963 ►-

Anita (Weimer) and John x'64 Free-
man live at 205 Chestnut Avenue, Long
Beach, California. John is in the West
Pacific with Uncle Sam's Navy. Anita
is working in the loan department of
a local bank. She attends the First
Friends Church in Long Beach, served
by Rev. David Le Shana '53.

-4 1964 }&■■-

Bob and Becky (Thompson) Brunton

are very happy in their new home at
806 Michigan Highway, Eaton Rapids,
Michigan. Becky is working toward her
degree at Lansing and has six piano
students weekly. They work with the
youth group in their church also.

-4 1965 >•■-

Mervin and Michelle (Carter x'64)
Scott are attending Centenary College
of Louisiana at Shreveport. Mervin is
majoring in Religion and Philosophy
and also serves a Methodist Church.
Michelle is an art major and will be
certified to teach. They still plan to
spend their lives in Mexico or South
America as Ambassadors of Christ.

23

MISSION AT MIRACLE HILL

Alumni Participate In Ministry To Be
Featured At World's Fair

24

About a year and a half ago
Walt '57 and Doris (Thompson) '58

Bauder joined the mission staff in
Greenville, South Carolina, to teach
and become part of the family at
"Miracle Hill." Walt teaches science
in the high school there and is also
Dean of Boys. Doris taught second
grade last year and recently has be-
come the elementary school supervi-
sor. The Bauders have two children,
Tommy — 3Y2 and Amy — 2.

The Miracle Hill home and school
for children was founded in 1958 and
grew out of the need for a child care
program which developed in connec-
tion with the work of the Greenville
Rescue Mission, established years
earlier by a group of Greenville, S.C.,
businessmen.

From one worker and a few chil-
dren the first year, the Miracle Hill
program had grown by the end of
1963 to a staff of more than forty
people — and approximately 200 chil-
dren.

From one old dwelling in Green-
ville, the physical plant is now lo-
cated on two tracts in the beautiful
Oolenoy Valley section of Pickens
County, S. C, within six miles of
Table Rock Mountain.

Children are directed to Miracle

Hill by court officials, churches,
neighbors, police officers and some-
times desperate and destitute par-
ents. They are from broken homes
and in many cases are not eligible
for admission to church-related or-
phanages.

Children at Miracle Hill range in
age from crib infants to teen-agers.
Each child is assigned to an adult
staff member for personal attention,
and house mothers bring ths younger
children into a "family" where all
are secure and loved.

An educational program from
nursery through high school in-
cludes courses of study and text
books approved by leading educa-
tors.

The mission and school will be
represented at the World's Fair dur-
ing its two years by a space set aside
for the continual showing of 73 slides
and a sound recording.

The Spool's 27-voice choir will
sing at the New York State and Texas
Pavilions, at the Lincoln Music Cen-
ter in N. Y. C, and will be on TV
from Carnegie Hall at the end of
June. They have previously appeared
on the Vincent Tracy program over
WOR, the largest metropolitan N.Y.
station.